Well hello!!!
This week has been just lovely, transfers were last week and luckily I nor my companion were moved! woot woot! So I am still in Federal Way- and I still live in a mansion- and my comp is still Banks, although she has promised to not feed me mice poop this transfer :)
Remember that lady we chased down the street? the one who had just lost her husband? well we met with her last week, and it was soooo sad! Her neighbor (who is an ex mormon) saw her talking to us and so he went and told her all this anti mormon stuff. so when she met with us, she had all this anti in her head and didn't want to even hear what we ahd to say! ahhh it was so frustrating. we hope that she will come around soon, we have been praying a lot for her, so we will see.
The Parrett family (the one i sent pics of, with the lady that makes her own cigs) they are doing great. since banks and I have been coming over they have started to clean their house, declutter, and paint, and make an effort in trying to have the spirit in their home! It's so neat! They have completely changed and grown since we started coming. They come to church and the girls go to the YW activities. We are still working on getting the dad baptized- he just doesn't want to give up his softball on sundays- haha. men.
we went tracting on friday and neither Banks nor I wanted to- we were both tired and starving, but we knew we had to. We said a prayer before we started and we prayed that we would find a miracle- on our 3rd door we did!!!! His name is AJ and he's 26- he had met with the missionaries a few years ago but said that he just was not ready to get baptized then. He told us though that he knew the book of mormon was true! so cool!! we then put him on date for baptism for april 21! so cool!!
then we knocked on his neighbors door and she started swearing and screaming at us... oh missionary work is great.
The weather was so amazing on saturday- it was super sunny and we even rolled the windows down. it was grand!
I got Megs package!!! Thanks SO much!!!! it was so awesome! and I screamed when I saw the pocky!!! haha that journal is so cute and the I love Jesus scrapbook thing is hilarious. my district is way jealous of it.
ps- if Sheridan, Cheyenne, Laurin, Kristin, Krista, Markell, Mckelle, Lachelle, or any other of my NY/CT peeps read this- WRITE ME!!! punks! you are all in major trouble when I get home!
hopefully I will get new scrips this week! all these doc appts are getting so annoying and so hopeully I will have time to get them from the store!
ps- can someone send me a pic of kade? I talk about him all the time, I would LOVE a pic!
anywho- I love you all!
until next week
xoxox-ames
Friday, April 6, 2012
St. Patty's Day!
ahhhhh!
I can't believe I have another nephew!!!!!! Kaden is a STUD!!!!!! i can't wait to meet him!
another week has come and gone- Things around here have slowed down quite a bit, but the work is still great!
There is this family that we met, oh goodness I love them so much, They live in a small little house with 4 dogs- 1 cat- 2 birds- 2 moms(rose and shannon)- 1 dad(michael)- 1 son(daniel)- 2 daughters(jenna and ashlee)- and 1 old man (tommy).
Their name is the Parret/green/ayho/tommy family.
The mum is Shannon
shannon has 2 daughters (ashlee and jenna) and she is married to Michael (the dad)
Rose is Michaels ex-wife.
Daniel is Roses son.
Tommy is Roses ex husbands (not michael) dad.
did ya catch that?
no worries- it took me a whole week to remember.
THey are so funny! Shannon, Jenna, and Ashlee are all members- but they have not gone to church in a long time.
we began going over there last week and they constantly want us to keep coming over, they feed us dessert or dinner every time we go over. They have such big hearts! They take in so many people-and animals (as you can tell)
anywho- we went over to their house on Saturday and Jenna (age 17) was all dressed up, we asked her why and she said "oh I'm going to a mormon dance!' we were shocked haha but she decided to go to a singles ward dance! this is a girl who hadn't wanted anything to do with the church, and here she was deciding to go to a church dance- it's amazing to see what difference sister banks and I have made, it's so worth it! Then we started talking to Mike and Shannon and we said "so you're coming to church tomorrow, right?" they laughed and said "ya ok" ... banks and I sat there and we were like "wait, what??! serious?!"
sure enough.. Shannon and michael came to church on Sunday- it was awesome! Shannon hadn't been to church in Years and michael had only been once or twice before that.
It was amazing to see them back at church!
Anywho- here are a lot of pics
Some are of when our car got broken into- the one with the lady and her cigarettes, that's shannon! she makes her own cigarettes cuz it's cheaper... hahahaha.
Then there are some of Banks and I tracting, at the temple
The group one of us at the temple (with elders) that is our district! We just had transfers today, and so I will get a new district tomorrow (same companion and area though, i didn't get transferred! yay!!!)
and the others... I kinda forgot.. but ya!
I love you all!!!
xoxoxo
ames
I can't believe I have another nephew!!!!!! Kaden is a STUD!!!!!! i can't wait to meet him!
another week has come and gone- Things around here have slowed down quite a bit, but the work is still great!
There is this family that we met, oh goodness I love them so much, They live in a small little house with 4 dogs- 1 cat- 2 birds- 2 moms(rose and shannon)- 1 dad(michael)- 1 son(daniel)- 2 daughters(jenna and ashlee)- and 1 old man (tommy).
Their name is the Parret/green/ayho/tommy family.
The mum is Shannon
shannon has 2 daughters (ashlee and jenna) and she is married to Michael (the dad)
Rose is Michaels ex-wife.
Daniel is Roses son.
Tommy is Roses ex husbands (not michael) dad.
did ya catch that?
no worries- it took me a whole week to remember.
THey are so funny! Shannon, Jenna, and Ashlee are all members- but they have not gone to church in a long time.
we began going over there last week and they constantly want us to keep coming over, they feed us dessert or dinner every time we go over. They have such big hearts! They take in so many people-and animals (as you can tell)
anywho- we went over to their house on Saturday and Jenna (age 17) was all dressed up, we asked her why and she said "oh I'm going to a mormon dance!' we were shocked haha but she decided to go to a singles ward dance! this is a girl who hadn't wanted anything to do with the church, and here she was deciding to go to a church dance- it's amazing to see what difference sister banks and I have made, it's so worth it! Then we started talking to Mike and Shannon and we said "so you're coming to church tomorrow, right?" they laughed and said "ya ok" ... banks and I sat there and we were like "wait, what??! serious?!"
sure enough.. Shannon and michael came to church on Sunday- it was awesome! Shannon hadn't been to church in Years and michael had only been once or twice before that.
It was amazing to see them back at church!
Anywho- here are a lot of pics
Some are of when our car got broken into- the one with the lady and her cigarettes, that's shannon! she makes her own cigarettes cuz it's cheaper... hahahaha.
Then there are some of Banks and I tracting, at the temple
The group one of us at the temple (with elders) that is our district! We just had transfers today, and so I will get a new district tomorrow (same companion and area though, i didn't get transferred! yay!!!)
and the others... I kinda forgot.. but ya!
I love you all!!!
xoxoxo
ames
Aftermath
Well hello!
So being a missionary without scriptures is kinda hard. haha
our zone leaders were supposed to get me a temporary triple (book of mormon, d&C and Pogp)
but no...
they didn't put the order in.
it's grrrrreat.
haha our windows did get fixed though- yay!
This week was slow, we had many investigators tell us that they are no longer interested. One lady keeps sending us anti-mormon texts.
We go tracting alot because we don't have many appointments (because no one let's us in haha) ...and we get many doors slammed in our faces.
The other night we were tracting for 4 hours straight, not one single home let us in- we were getting so tired and both felt sick cuz it had been raining/snowing all day. We were walking back to our car when we saw this lady walking her dog, banks and I looked at eachother- we kinda hesitated a little bit cuz we were both sooo tired and soo cold- but we decided to go over.
We walked over there, not knowing what we would say.. Banks turns to me and says "you talk, no battle"
...I sat there- we were like 10 feet away from her, she turned and started to cross to the other side of the street. I looked at Banks, grabbed her arm and we followed.
We were trying to keep up with this lady, but she started walking faster and faster!! finally, it was to the point where we were no longer speedwalking- we were jogging after this woman! I yelled "hey stop! we want to talk about God!!!" she turned around and said "what?" and we caught up to her, it was super awkward cuz here we are- we had just CHASED this woman down the street! she looked at me and said "well, you wanted to talk about God didn't you? what do you have to say?"
I then told her that God loves her and that the message that us as missionaries share could enrich her life- and that no matter what trials she may be going through, God is aware of them and he only wants her to be happy and to be comforted during her hard time.
She then started to cry, not just like a few tears.. she started bawling!
....it was so awkward.
but THEN- she explained that her husband had just passed away from a heart attack, and that she was feeling so alone and she felt like she needed guidance in her life.
booya!
We are meeting with her tomorrow, so I will let you know how it goes.
It's amazing- it's amazing how you can have such a hard long day and get sooo many doors slammed in your face, yet one person can make your day 100x better.
That lady made every single door slam worth it, every single horrible comment we had heard that day- none of that mattered anymore.
we knew without a doubt in our minds, that we needed to be there. We knew with assurance that we needed to meet that woman.
Just knowing that you made a difference to one single person- is all worth it.
Every hard day is worth one persons soul and smile. Every single day, a miracle happens. A miracle that makes the hard times worth it.
The gospel is true, I'll say it time and time again.
God is our Heavenly Father, and he loves us. Jesus Christ is our brother and our Savior. Joseph Smith was a prophet, he restored the keys back on the earth. Families can be together for eternity through the sealings of the temple. Thomas S. Monson is a living prophet here on the earth today.
The gospel is so simple- so simple. Yet so vital.
anywho!
Federal Way is lovely! I love you all
ps- SEND ME LETTERS! ya punks! (this goes out to all my NY friends, UT friends, KY friend, and any other people!)
pps- I love you all
ppps- Dear Rodgersons, it is so awesome that you know the Jarstads and the Cahans! They are incredible, I love them and they take VERY good care of me!
ppps- I'm done now.
pppps- I hope Kaden comes soon! please email asap and take lots of pics!
xoxoxoxo
-ames
So being a missionary without scriptures is kinda hard. haha
our zone leaders were supposed to get me a temporary triple (book of mormon, d&C and Pogp)
but no...
they didn't put the order in.
it's grrrrreat.
haha our windows did get fixed though- yay!
This week was slow, we had many investigators tell us that they are no longer interested. One lady keeps sending us anti-mormon texts.
We go tracting alot because we don't have many appointments (because no one let's us in haha) ...and we get many doors slammed in our faces.
The other night we were tracting for 4 hours straight, not one single home let us in- we were getting so tired and both felt sick cuz it had been raining/snowing all day. We were walking back to our car when we saw this lady walking her dog, banks and I looked at eachother- we kinda hesitated a little bit cuz we were both sooo tired and soo cold- but we decided to go over.
We walked over there, not knowing what we would say.. Banks turns to me and says "you talk, no battle"
...I sat there- we were like 10 feet away from her, she turned and started to cross to the other side of the street. I looked at Banks, grabbed her arm and we followed.
We were trying to keep up with this lady, but she started walking faster and faster!! finally, it was to the point where we were no longer speedwalking- we were jogging after this woman! I yelled "hey stop! we want to talk about God!!!" she turned around and said "what?" and we caught up to her, it was super awkward cuz here we are- we had just CHASED this woman down the street! she looked at me and said "well, you wanted to talk about God didn't you? what do you have to say?"
I then told her that God loves her and that the message that us as missionaries share could enrich her life- and that no matter what trials she may be going through, God is aware of them and he only wants her to be happy and to be comforted during her hard time.
She then started to cry, not just like a few tears.. she started bawling!
....it was so awkward.
but THEN- she explained that her husband had just passed away from a heart attack, and that she was feeling so alone and she felt like she needed guidance in her life.
booya!
We are meeting with her tomorrow, so I will let you know how it goes.
It's amazing- it's amazing how you can have such a hard long day and get sooo many doors slammed in your face, yet one person can make your day 100x better.
That lady made every single door slam worth it, every single horrible comment we had heard that day- none of that mattered anymore.
we knew without a doubt in our minds, that we needed to be there. We knew with assurance that we needed to meet that woman.
Just knowing that you made a difference to one single person- is all worth it.
Every hard day is worth one persons soul and smile. Every single day, a miracle happens. A miracle that makes the hard times worth it.
The gospel is true, I'll say it time and time again.
God is our Heavenly Father, and he loves us. Jesus Christ is our brother and our Savior. Joseph Smith was a prophet, he restored the keys back on the earth. Families can be together for eternity through the sealings of the temple. Thomas S. Monson is a living prophet here on the earth today.
The gospel is so simple- so simple. Yet so vital.
anywho!
Federal Way is lovely! I love you all
ps- SEND ME LETTERS! ya punks! (this goes out to all my NY friends, UT friends, KY friend, and any other people!)
pps- I love you all
ppps- Dear Rodgersons, it is so awesome that you know the Jarstads and the Cahans! They are incredible, I love them and they take VERY good care of me!
ppps- I'm done now.
pppps- I hope Kaden comes soon! please email asap and take lots of pics!
xoxoxoxo
-ames
Week!
Monday 2/27/2012
woke up- studied- went to library and wrote emails- went grocery shopping- went and ate dinner with the Grisham Family... on our way back from the Grishams, we decided to stop at Cold Stone and get Ice Cream..
BIG mistake
6:30pm - we skip into cold stone with a huge smile on our face and SO excited to get ice cream.
6.33pm- I debated on whether or not to get sprinkles.
6.33.58 pm- I decided yes on the sprinkles
6.37pm we skipped out of cold stone over to our car..
6.38pm- banks saw that TWO of our windows had been smashed- BOTH of our bags were stolen!!!
ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
They stole my pretty leather bag- my BRAND NEW scriptures- all my lipgloss- all my cash- my ministering certificate- and basically my life hahahaha
banks and i were DEVESTATED!
banks had her camera in her bag and it was sad.
so here we are...
scriptureless..
bagless..
ministering certificateless...
and hopeless..
and so we called our district leader...
who laughed at us.
then we called our vehicle coordinator who is in charge of all the cars in the mission (he is a senior missionary)
...and he got mad at us.
then we called the cops
..who actually helped us
then we called our Ward Mission Leader
...who saved us!
Our ward mission leader took us back to his house and helped us suck up all the glass, and put plastic on both the windows (the front passenger window, and back drivers side window were both shattered)
Banks and I got back in the car only to find that my seatbelt wouldn't work cuz it had glass stuck in it..
so I had to sit in the back seat.
we looked pathetic. hahaha we both started crying cuz we missed our scriptures, and then we were just sad.
We pulled up into our house and both (by habit) went to grab our bags.. only to be disappointed to remember that we no longer had them. hahahha we sat on the driveway and cried.
So far, in the first month of my mission, I have...
-Gotten sick every week.
-Drank Mouse poop
-Had my scriptures and bag stolen
I'm off to such a great start!
haha in good news-
we found 4 new investigators~
John, Lisa, Teta, D.
John is a former drug addict, and is so so so happy to have found the gospel. We are putting him on date for baptism tonight! yay!!!
Lisa has 3 kids, divorced, and is having a hard time paying bills- but she LOVES coming to church and loves how she feels at church.
Teta &D are married and have 4 kids- they are from Africa and are SO knoweledgable in the bible, it's great!
I'll go into more detail next week, I love you all!
xoxoxox
ames
woke up- studied- went to library and wrote emails- went grocery shopping- went and ate dinner with the Grisham Family... on our way back from the Grishams, we decided to stop at Cold Stone and get Ice Cream..
BIG mistake
6:30pm - we skip into cold stone with a huge smile on our face and SO excited to get ice cream.
6.33pm- I debated on whether or not to get sprinkles.
6.33.58 pm- I decided yes on the sprinkles
6.37pm we skipped out of cold stone over to our car..
6.38pm- banks saw that TWO of our windows had been smashed- BOTH of our bags were stolen!!!
ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
They stole my pretty leather bag- my BRAND NEW scriptures- all my lipgloss- all my cash- my ministering certificate- and basically my life hahahaha
banks and i were DEVESTATED!
banks had her camera in her bag and it was sad.
so here we are...
scriptureless..
bagless..
ministering certificateless...
and hopeless..
and so we called our district leader...
who laughed at us.
then we called our vehicle coordinator who is in charge of all the cars in the mission (he is a senior missionary)
...and he got mad at us.
then we called the cops
..who actually helped us
then we called our Ward Mission Leader
...who saved us!
Our ward mission leader took us back to his house and helped us suck up all the glass, and put plastic on both the windows (the front passenger window, and back drivers side window were both shattered)
Banks and I got back in the car only to find that my seatbelt wouldn't work cuz it had glass stuck in it..
so I had to sit in the back seat.
we looked pathetic. hahaha we both started crying cuz we missed our scriptures, and then we were just sad.
We pulled up into our house and both (by habit) went to grab our bags.. only to be disappointed to remember that we no longer had them. hahahha we sat on the driveway and cried.
So far, in the first month of my mission, I have...
-Gotten sick every week.
-Drank Mouse poop
-Had my scriptures and bag stolen
I'm off to such a great start!
haha in good news-
we found 4 new investigators~
John, Lisa, Teta, D.
John is a former drug addict, and is so so so happy to have found the gospel. We are putting him on date for baptism tonight! yay!!!
Lisa has 3 kids, divorced, and is having a hard time paying bills- but she LOVES coming to church and loves how she feels at church.
Teta &D are married and have 4 kids- they are from Africa and are SO knoweledgable in the bible, it's great!
I'll go into more detail next week, I love you all!
xoxoxox
ames
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